Chemistry 1 – 2006

 Contacts

First Year Coordinator: Dr Mark Ellison

Lecturers	Room	Phone	Email
Prof Rob Stranger (RS)	1.44	6125 2934	rob.stranger@anu.edu.au
Dr Mark Ellison (ME)	1.33	6125 4398	mark.ellison@anu.edu.au
Dr Sarah Leitch (SL)	2.67	6125 0504	sarah.leitch@anu.edu.au

Timetable

	Day	Time	Location
Core Lectures	Monday	11.00 am	MCC T2
	Tuesday	8.00 am	MCC T1
	Wednesday	12.00 noon	MCC T2
Advanced Lecture (HPO)	Friday	11.00 am	MCC T1
Laboratory	Monday-Friday	2-5 pm	1st Year Chem Labs
Tutorials	Wednesday	9.00 am	ENGN T
	Thursday	9.00 am	ENGN T
Basics Tutorial	Monday	3.00 pm	CHEM T1

MCC T1/T2: Manning Clark Centre Lecture Theatre 1/Theatre 2
Chem T1/Chem T2: Chemistry Lecture Theatre 1/Theatre 2

Course Website – online resources

Login using your student ID and password at https://webct.anu.edu.au/login/ to find the course websites for Chemistry 1 and Chemistry 2. You will be automatically added to these websites the evening after you have enrolled in the courses via ISIS. If you cannot see the online site/s, please contact the First Year Coordinator. These course websites will contain lecture material, extra resources, self-test questions and discussion board postings. Please check these sites at least once per week for important notices.

Course Guidelines – in brief 

Assessment

Assessment and attendance requirements for each course will be discussed with you and must be agreed upon within the first two weeks of semester. As a guide to discussion the course convenor will usually provide you with a document suggesting assessment.

Safety

You must wear the appropriate protective clothing (laboratory coat, safety glasses and covered shoes) to participate in a practical class.  Students who do not comply will not be permitted to work in the laboratory.  Laboratory coats and safety glasses may be purchased from the School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BaMBi) enquiries office. (More information)

Prerequisites

You must have completed the correct prerequisite or have written approval of the course convenor for a valid enrolment in a course.  Please refer to http://info.anu.edu.au/studyat/ or enquire at the Faculty of Science Office (Frank Fenner Building, Bldg 42). 

Student Representation

Two students from first-year and one student from each of second and third year (as well as Honours and PhD) will be elected in the first two weeks of semester to represent their year group on the Chemistry Department’s Teaching and Learning Committee. (More Information)

Policy on the Submission of Written Material

This policy reflects the ANU Code of Academic Honesty in Learning and Teaching:

http://info.anu.edu.au/policies/Codes_of_Practice/Students/Other/Academic_Honesty.asp

It is the responsibility of each student to ensure:

·        Work submitted for assessment is genuine and original;

·        Appropriate acknowledgement and citation is given to the work of others;

·        He or she does not knowingly assist other students in academically dishonest practices;

·        Familiarity with the expectations for academic honesty both in general, and in the specific context of particular disciplines or courses, where these expectations are clearly outlined in faculty and course guides and handbooks.

For Chemistry students the definitions and penalties are set out below.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is copying, paraphrasing or summarising, without acknowledgement, any work of another person with the intention of representing this as the student’s own work.  This remains plagiarism whether or not it is with the knowledge or consent of that other person.

Direct copying falls under the definition of plagiarism.  When students work together, they must be sure to write independently, and not in collaboration with another student or group of students.  The purpose of assessment is to evaluate each student’s mastery of skills and knowledge.  It is acceptable for students to compare and discuss results of experiments of essay concepts, but written work must reflect individual effort and all written work must be the student’s own.

To avoid plagiarism students must correctly acknowledge the work of others.  If students transcribe, quote, paraphrase or summarise the ideas obtained form the work of others, they must identify the source and author of the original work and provide a bibliography. 

Penalty:  zero marks.  Serious, and in particular repeated instances of academic dishonesty, constitute misconduct and need to be dealt with under the ANU Discipline Rules. 

Multiple Submissions (Recycling)

Recycling is the submission of work for assessment, which has been previously presented by the same student for another assessment either at ANU or elsewhere.  In some cases, lecturers will specifically allow this practice.  If no specific provision is made then it constitutes academic dishonesty when assessment is submitted a second or subsequent time.

Penalty:  zero marks.  Serious and, in particular repeated instances of academic dishonesty, constitute misconduct and need to be dealt with under the ANU Discipline Rules.

Fabrication or Falsification of Data

Fabrication of research is the representation of data, observation or other research activity as genuine, comprehensive and/or original when it has been arrived at through other means.  These may be inventing data, using data gathered by other researchers without acknowledgement, or deliberately omitting data to obtain the apparently desired results. 

Any data presented as the result of laboratory work (in the form of drawings, graphs, tables or written work) must be true and representative of your findings.

Penalty:  zero marks.  Serious and, in particular repeated instances of academic dishonesty, constitute misconduct and need to be dealt with under the ANU Discipline Rules.

Collusion

Collusion is the representation of original work of several persons as the work of a single student.  Collusion needs to be distinguished from collaboration, defined for the purposes of this document as work jointly undertaken and produced within permissible parameters.  Another form of collusion involves representing the work of one good student as the work of several individual students, in for example the situation where students A, B and C pay student D to do the assignment and give them each a copy, which they then rephrase and submit as their own.

Penalty:  zero marks.  Serious and, in particular repeated instances of academic dishonesty, constitute misconduct and need to be dealt with under the ANU Discipline Rules.

Cheating

Cheating in this code means the breach of rules regarding formal examinations, or dishonest practice in informal examination, tests or other assessments.  Examples include the use of prohibited material or equipment for unfair advantage, consultation with other persons during the course or the assessment where this is prohibited.

Penalty:  zero marks.  Serious and, in particular repeated instances of academic dishonesty constitute misconduct and need to be dealt with under the ANU Discipline Rules.

Chemistry   –  The Central Science

There are currently two first year Chemistry courses available at ANU:

·        Chemistry 1 (CHEM1101) offered in semester 1, and

·        Chemistry 2 (CHEM1201) offered in semester 2.

Chemistry 1 and 2 together correspond to a full year course in general chemistry.

Chemistry 1 Outline

Chemistry 1 is a one-semester chemistry course designed to cover the needs of a wide variety of students by offering a broad introduction to a range of chemical concepts.  The course serves not only as a sound foundation in chemistry, but also as a useful and necessary background for those whose main interests lie in engineering, the earth, or biological sciences. Where possible, chemical principles are illustrated by applications to biological or geological systems; the emphasis, however, is distinctly on developing a knowledge and understanding of a basic set of chemical concepts and facts.

Course Aims:

As it is assumed that students in Chemistry 1 will have completed at least a minor in high school/college chemistry, the main emphasis lies in consolidating and extending the factual basis of chemistry and developing a sound comprehension of the basic chemical principles and concepts.

The general aims are to:

1.      consolidate a factual background in the language of chemistry (nomenclature), basic structural aspects, and major / typical reaction types.

2.      develop an understanding of the basic concepts of atomic structure, bonding, energy and entropy, and the kinetic theory of reactions.

3.      develop an understanding of how various structural features determine the main reactivity patterns of simple chemical compounds.

4.      develop problem solving skills, both qualitative and quantitative, in areas deriving from aims 1 - 3.

Where possible, examples will be chosen to illustrate the application of these concepts and principles that are of relevance to biologists, engineers, geologists, or to the wider community.

Later year courses in chemistry broaden and deepen students’ comprehension of chemical concepts, principles, and their inter-relationships.  These higher courses also further develop students’ abilities to apply these principles to a wide variety of chemical systems and problems of current interest or importance.

Course Structure, Content, and Objectives:

The course material will follow fairly closely the structure and content of the two set textbooks (see below).  Development of the chemical concepts and topics is describedin the following syllabus.  The syllabus also sets out the main learning objectives for each section; these objectives will be closely allied to the assessment process.

Text Books:

The prescribed textbooks are:

M. S. Silberberg, Chemistry – The Molecular Nature of Matter and Change, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2006.  The 3rd Edition is also suitable.

W. H. Brown & T. Poon Introduction to Organic Chemistry, 3rd Edition, Wiley, 2005.

These texts form the basis of the course (also Chemistry 2), and many of the examples, illustrations, and exercises used will be taken directly from them.  They should be used extensively and intelligently to support and enhance your understanding of the subject.  There are also accompanying CD ROMs for both texts as well as a self-learning software package in organic chemistry (see under Software). In addition, a molecular models kit is also packaged with the Brown textbook. 

Preliminary Reading:

The first four chapters of the Silberberg text contain basic background material that is assumed knowledge for Chemistry 1.  Students are advised to read these chapters in advance of the first lectures (or at least in the first week).  If much of this material is unfamiliar, you should attend the Basics Tutorial and a small group tutorial.  It would also be useful to discuss your progress with the First Year Coordinator.

Tutorials:

Two time slots are available each week (see timetable schedule).  The tutorials provide the opportunity for students to ask questions on all aspects of the course as well as covering issued sets of problems from the texts.  These tutorials are presented by the lecturer.  Additional tutorials can be scheduled if demand is high enough.  In general, HPO students are not expected to attend the tutorials although they are most welcome.

There will also be a Basics Tutorial offered beginning in week 2 covering concepts in chemistry that are considered to be fundamental for Chemistry 1.  For example, the first Basics Tutorial will cover the concept of the mole.  The Basics Tutorials will be given by the First Year Coordinator.

In addition there will be several small tutorial groups available (see table below) to help with difficulties students might be experiencing with any component of Chemistry 1.   There is no need to sign up for these small group sessions – just come along.

Day	Time	Venue	Tutor
Tuesday	10.00 am	Chemistry Building Rm 1.56	Mark Ellison
Thursday	11.00 am	Chemistry Building Rm 1.56	Sarah Leitch
Thursday	12.00 noon	Chemistry Building Rm 1.56	Mark Ellison
Friday	9.00 am	Chemistry Building Rm 1.56	Mark Ellison

Laboratory Course

Chemistry is essentially an experimental science.  The laboratory program consists of a variety of experimental exercises designed to: 

1.      illustrate and develop competence in a range of chemical techniques and manipulative skills.

2.      emphasise (particularly in first term) the importance of a quantitative analytical approach to chemical systems.

3.      develop an awareness of the scope and limitation of experimental observation and accuracy.

4.      illustrate chemical topics, principles and concepts.

Attendance

Laboratory classes (3 hr sessions) will run for most of the semester, beginning in the second week. Attendance at ALL NINE sessions is compulsory. 

A schedule of experiments will be displayed on the noticeboard outside the ground floor student laboratories as well as on the CHEM1101 WebCT site.

Signing Up

There will be a number of laboratory class groups operating on Monday to Friday afternoons. Choose one group which is compatible with your timetable and sign for this online using the laboratory booking link on the homepage of the Department’s website (http://chemistry.anu.edu.au).  Discuss any timetable clashes immediately with the First Year Coordinator (Dr Mark Ellison, Room 1.33) or the First Year Laboratory Technician (Fiona Roxburgh or Jodi Smith).

If you have satisfactorily completed the laboratory component of this course or a similar one, you may be eligible for a lab exemption. Please discuss the matter with the First Year Coordinator as soon as possible.

Fees

There is a fee of $45 which must be paid by the end of the second week of semester. On presentation of your receipt to Ms Jo Fischetti (Departmental Administrator, 1st floor, Chemistry Building), you will be issued with the laboratory manual and workbook for this course.

Equipment

You need a laboratory coat and a notebook for laboratory classes. Laboratory coats can be purchased from the School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BaMBi) office (Building 41).  Safety glasses are provided.

Molecular Models

Three dimensional (3D) molecular structures will be used throughout the course.  Stereochemical concepts (chemistry in 3D) can most readily be appreciated through manipulation of suitable molecular models. To facilitate this, exercises involving molecular models have been incorporated into the laboratory course.  These limited exposures to molecular models are, however, inadequate and you will most likely need to refresh your knowledge of the many stereochemical features on a frequent basis.

For this purpose, sets of Darling molecular models and HGS/Maruzen models are available for purchase from the University Bookshop.  Both types of models are suitable for use in Chemistry 1 and 2 and further chemistry units.

Software

The Department has purchased a self-learning software package in organic chemistry entitled Introduction to Organic Chemistry by Falcon Software.  This package will enable you to revise and consolidate lecture material, and the use of interactive animations will assist you in grasping difficult concepts in organic chemistry.  The software is readily accessible on the PCs in the Department as well as on the PCs in the Teaching and Learning Technology Support Unit (TLTSU).  In addition, there are CD-ROMs accompanying both text books. The CyberChem CD ROM set, available with the Silberberg textbook, is also a valuable aid, particularly for students with weaker backgrounds in chemistry.

Assessment

To ensure a passing grade (or better), students are required to pass BOTH theory and laboratory components of the course.

Assessment for the standard Chemistry 1 course includes the following components and suggested weighting:

·        a 2 hour mid-semester exam, held at 7 pm on Thursday 6 April (33%);

·        a 2 hour end-of-semester exam, held in the June/July exam period (42%);

·        regular submission of laboratory reports (25%).

Assessment of the (HPO)

For students who wish to complete the Honours Pathway Option, there is an additional 1-hour exam, held in the June/July exam period.  The exam will examine material ONLY from the 12 additional lectures. 

For those of you who undertake the HPO lectures, the assessment for the standard Chemistry 1 course will count 90% towards the final grade and the examination associated with the Honours Pathway Option 10%.  Students will be required to obtain a minimum mark for the Honours Pathway Option of greater than or equal to 30% in order to have it registered on their academic transcript. 

Supplementary Assessment

The Supplementary Examination will be held at 9.30am on Friday 14 July.  You will be formally advised after the end of semester examination whether you need to undertake supplementary assessment.   

Student Representation on Committees

The Chemistry Department Teaching and Learning Committee and the Chemistry 1 Class Committee are two committees that are relevant to Chemistry 1 students. Two student members should be elected to the Teaching and Learning Committee.  In order to streamline the election process, these members may be elected from the Chemistry 1 Class Committee representatives (see below).

The second committee, the Chemistry 1 Class Committee, usually consists of one representative from each laboratory group, and meets with the lab and course coordinators. This committee is directly concerned with Chemistry 1 matters and would normally meet twice during each semester.

As students entering Chemistry 1 are new to the system and generally unfamiliar with each other, it is usual to conduct elections for these committee representatives several weeks after lectures commence (approximately week 3).  We look forward to your active participation in the running and decision making of the Chemistry Department on matters that directly affect you, the undergraduate students of the Department.

Chemistry 1 Syllabus – 2006

Topic	No. lectures/ Lecturer	Content	Objectives
Basic concepts and stoichiometry	None		With molecular sight a typical scene in the laboratory, the flame of a Bunsen burner, becomes a source of hurtling particles.  Molecules of methane and oxygen react near the tip to form carbon dioxide and water.  The study of chemistry reveals the world we observe as the result of a hidden, atomic reality – one we can measure and change – and these four chapters opens the door to it.
Introduction	1 L ME	Introduction to Chemistry 1.	Appreciate the need for a thoughtful approach to understanding chemistry.
Atomic Structure and Bonding	11 L RS +4 Adv L	Electronic structure of atoms, periodic properties of elements, chemical bonding, molecular geometries, VSEPR model. S. Ch 7-11;  BP. Ch 1	What does the atom “look” like?  Here we follow the astounding scientific discoveries of the young 20th century that led to our current atomic model. How do molecular shapes emerge from interacting atoms?  In everyday life, the shapes of many objects fit together to perform a function – key and lock, hand and glove.  Similarly an organism’s molecules have shapes that fit together to trigger the processes of life.   Here we look at molecules as 2-D structural formulas and then visualise them as 3-D objects.
Introductory Thermodynamics and Electrochemistry	7 L ME +2 Adv L